Posted on 06/21/2007 10:07:39 AM PDT by Mo1
The seasoned Hill aide knew what she was getting into when she agreed to become Hillary Clinton's chief of staff. The woman was quite prepared for all eyes to be on the biggest celebrity arriving in Congress, the first lady of the United States, who was expected to use her Senate seat as a springboard back into the White House.
But what caught Tamera Luzzatto unawares was the full force of the Hillary machine already in place and making decisions.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
you got that right ... and these women are playing for keeps
So if we can believe Gary Aldrich, these women are all lesbians?
This needs to be read in the Senate and the House and sent to Hillary:
Troops inured to politics
By BRAD HAMLETT - Guest columnist
The partisans can only imagine how we soldiers must feel over here because few have ever been to any combat zone. A political line they love to use to quash opponents’ views always says something about “slapping the troops in the face.”
We heard it months ago, when the resolution disapproving the surge was passed. When Nancy Pelosi visited Syria and Harry Reid said Iraq was lost, we heard similar whining about facial slappage and disloyalty to country.
For the record, we soldiers don’t care. Let me clarify: Frankly, my dear, we don’t give a damn. We soldiers are not the ignorant, simple lot of lore. We stuff iPods in our rucksacks and watch DVDs in our sleep tents between missions. Soldiers study for college classes between missions and receive Army-mandated training on ethics and values.
Most of us have studied history, political science and social studies in high school and often college. We understand the diversity of opinion. After all, we have a democratic form of government, not an autocracy. Even in the Army, we have regulations that protect free expression of political views, including views opposing this war.
We understand our history, our government and the political process that makes our great American experiment strong. We see all the “negative” press, we hear all the “insulting” comments, and we don’t care.
We volunteer from the American population at large, so we mirror it. We are Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives, pro-life, pro-choice, single, married, gay, straight, black, white, Hispanic. Some hold strong political opinions and argue vehemently with one another, and some are apathetic towards all things political. We are the melting pot that is America.
Only politicians who have been to war know what it’s like to go outside the wire. The last thing we care about on a mission is what Harry Reid said, or who disapproved of the surge, or what group of Republicans traveled to Syria to hold a conference with whom.
When politicians claim that opponents’ opinions slap us in the face, they’re telling us troops that we’re too ignorant to understand the disagreement inherent in democracy, that we’re too stupid to be able to separate political views from our jobs and that we’re too fragile and sensitive to hear all sides. They’re slapping us in the face with ignorance.
Lively debate over the issues, heated disagreements and strong voter participation are bedrocks of our democracy. We don’t care when people with opinions different from ours run their mouths on Fox or CNN, regardless of whether those opinions are for this war or against it. What bothers us is when pundits use us troops as a trump card to insult fellow Americans as unpatriotic. That’s the true slap in our face.
Mr. Hamlett grew up in Greenville. He is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He can be reached at Brad.Hamlett@us.army.mil.
By the way.....email Brad your support. Flood him with all your prayers and let him know that America is actually on his and his buddys side. Force this, if possible, to be read in the House and Senate.
What a crew...what a God-forsaking crew.
A favorite joke in Hillaryland: If Lieberman invites you for a walk, don't go. It means you're fired.
I think it may mean that you're dead.
Maggie Williams, 53, the first chief of staff for Hillary Clinton, whom colleagues consider a soul mate to the senator...
Oh-my.
Hillary must be stopped at all costs!!!
Our side is too busy eating our own and most of the media will protect her
The only ones that can stop her is the far left/independents
Hopefully a candidate for our side will emerge that most can agree on so she does not get any more power.
Definitely NOT in my vacation plans.
Even then I worry.
This shrew cheats.
Freaky scary.
Birds of a feather......................
If it isn't, it's probably a preview of the real thing.
I'm not touching that one with a 10-foot pole.
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